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Support First Responders And Look ‘BRRRRTTTiful’ With This A-10 Warthog Mask And T-Shirt
A-10

Support First Responders And Look ‘BRRRRTTTiful’ With This A-10 Warthog Mask And T-Shirt

You've never seen a mask like this! Show your love for the mighty 'Hog while also giving back to those on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Foreign Special Operations Gunships Train On The Navy’s Huge Sea Base In The Persian Gulf
Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB)

Foreign Special Operations Gunships Train On The Navy’s Huge Sea Base In The Persian Gulf

The recent training highlights how the versatile ship could work with American allies and partners during future coalition operations in the region.

USAF Plans For Its “Skyborg” AI Computer Brain To Be Flying Drones In The Next Two Years
Skyborg

USAF Plans For Its “Skyborg” AI Computer Brain To Be Flying Drones In The Next Two Years

The service envisions the artificial intelligence system eventually flying larger, more complex unmanned designs and in the cockpit with human pilots.

X-37B’s Power Beaming Payload A Reminder Of Potential Orbital Microwave Anti-Satellite Weapons
X-37B

X-37B’s Power Beaming Payload A Reminder Of Potential Orbital Microwave Anti-Satellite Weapons

Technology related to sending power via a microwave beam down to Earth could potentially be applied to taking out hostile targets in space.

The Navy’s Next Jet Trainer Won’t Be Able To Land Or Take Off From An Aircraft Carrier
U.S. Navy

The Navy’s Next Jet Trainer Won’t Be Able To Land Or Take Off From An Aircraft Carrier

This would be a huge change for the Navy's tactical jet Naval Aviator training pipeline.

The Thunderbirds Had A Little Scare Over SoCal With One F-16 Executing An Emergency Breakaway
U.S. Homeland

The Thunderbirds Had A Little Scare Over SoCal With One F-16 Executing An Emergency Breakaway

The team's training worked and the formation recovered from the scare remarkably fast.

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

We can talk about dodging torpedoes, encounters with mystery craft off the east coast, geopolitics, electronic warfare—you know, no big whoop.

Navy P-8 With Secretive Radar Pod Surveils Massive Chinese Naval Base In South China Sea
People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

Navy P-8 With Secretive Radar Pod Surveils Massive Chinese Naval Base In South China Sea

The flight comes amid escalating friction between China, the U.S. and various countries in the South China Sea, as well as Taiwan.

The Shadowy World Of Submarine And Ship-Launched Torpedo Countermeasures
Sonar

The Shadowy World Of Submarine And Ship-Launched Torpedo Countermeasures

Surviving below the waves relies primarily on stealth, but if detected, countermeasures may be your only shot of keeping out of a watery grave.

F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Crashes During Training Flight In Florida (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Crashes During Training Flight In Florida (Updated)

The Raptor was on a local training mission when the pilot was forced to eject.

Behold These Awesome Shots Of A Navy P-8A Poseidon Carrying Its Big Secretive Radar Pod
U.S. Navy

Behold These Awesome Shots Of A Navy P-8A Poseidon Carrying Its Big Secretive Radar Pod

The Advanced Airborne Sensor is a powerful and shadowy intelligence gathering and targeting tool carried by a small number of P-8As.

B-52 Bomber Made Run Straight At Crimea During Long Range Mission
Su-27

B-52 Bomber Made Run Straight At Crimea During Long Range Mission

Russian fighter jets intercepted B-52s in the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea during the course of multiple long-range training missions across Europe.

Watch This UH-60 Black Hawk Pounce On An Unsuspecting Speedboat And Then Go Vertical
UH-60

Watch This UH-60 Black Hawk Pounce On An Unsuspecting Speedboat And Then Go Vertical

The Customs and Border Protection helicopter buzzed the pleasure boat before performing a breathtaking about-face maneuver.

You Can Buy This Full Motion Surplus UH-60 Black Hawk Flight Simulator From The Army
UH-60

You Can Buy This Full Motion Surplus UH-60 Black Hawk Flight Simulator From The Army

This particular model of simulator dates back to the early days of the Army's history with the venerable Black Hawk.

We’ve Got A Close Up Look At Syria’s MiG-29s And It Isn’t Pretty
Syria

We’ve Got A Close Up Look At Syria’s MiG-29s And It Isn’t Pretty

After nearly a decade of fighting and international sanctions, the jets are looking very rough.

Iran Equipped Its F-14s With Modified Hawk SAMs That Had Bombs Attached To Their Noses
Iran

Iran Equipped Its F-14s With Modified Hawk SAMs That Had Bombs Attached To Their Noses

Iran, reeling from embargoes, was in desperate need of additional weaponry for its Tomcats during the brutal Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s.

X-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Power Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It Seems
X-37B

X-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Power Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It Seems

When the X-37B launches on May 16, it will carry a technology that could eventually allow drones to stay aloft indefinitely anywhere on the globe.

Russia’s New Super Quiet Ballistic Missile Sub In “Final” Sea Trials After Years Of Delays
Russia

Russia’s New Super Quiet Ballistic Missile Sub In “Final” Sea Trials After Years Of Delays

The Borei-A class Knyaz Vladimir is out for sea trials again and could get commissioned very soon.

Here Are The Navy Pilot Reports From Encounters With Mysterious Aircraft Off The East Coast
U.S. Navy

Here Are The Navy Pilot Reports From Encounters With Mysterious Aircraft Off The East Coast

The reports are the first official documentation of various recent incidents with unidentified aircraft in restricted airspace along the east coast.

The Biden administration named two future Ford class aircraft carriers after Presidents William Clinton and George W. Bush.
U.S. Navy

Navy Shelves Review That Might Have Cut Ford Class Production To Build Smaller Carriers

The presumptive new Secretary of the Navy has voiced outright support for the long-troubled Ford class.